What is "past perfect"

n. A tense which represents actions that occurred before other actions in the past; the pluperfect tense.

n. a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect" [syn: past perfect tense, pluperfect, pluferfect tense]

Past Perfect is a 1984 novel by Israeli novelist Yaakov Shabtai.

The original Hebrew title, Sof Davar (Hebrew:סוף דבר) can be translated literally as The End Result or Epilogue. Shabtai died in 1981, before completing a final draft. The novel was published posthumously, edited for publication by the literary scholar Dan Miron and Shabtai's wife Edna. An English translation was published in 1987 by Viking Press.

Past perfect is a verb form with similar meaning to the pluperfect.

The term may also refer to:

• Past Perfect (Sof Davar), a novel by Yaakov Shabtai
• Pastperfect, a DVD by VNV Nation
• Past Perfect Future Tense, an album by Magne F.
• Past Perfect (film), a 2003 Italian film

Past Perfect is a 2003 Italian comedy film directed by Maria Sole Tognazzi. It was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival.